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Cover Story: Off the rack

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:42:43 +0000

The last decade has seen comic books go from the 98-pound weakling of the entertainment industry to a Charles Atlas-eque He-Man you wouldn't dare cross. Comic book movies clean up at the box office, Disney recently purchased Marvel for $4 billion (that's billion with a "B") and even President ...

Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering ... found this 2 days ago on desmoinesregister.com

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NOLA #1 – Post-Katrina Revenge, Served Not-So Cold « High Five! Comics

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:14:38 +0000

NOLA doesn’t pull any punches though it stops short of delving into slurs. The titular Nola’s best friends are her Mama and her girlfriend, Cinda, but this is a revenge story, and good lord, does Nola have some SERIOUS revenge to exact from a certain Mercedes-driving rich white bastard.

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Ed Johnson Presents: NICK 12 DAYS (Santa Saves Heaven)

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:13:20 +0000

A down and out former saint gets a chance to redeem himself and reclaim the mantle of St. Nick he pissed away womanizing and drinking. All he has to do is kill a major hollywood celeb and stop Lucifer from invading heaven.

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24 Hour Comics Day

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:34:55 +0000

Add Reply 24 Hour Comics Day; The aftermath... Topic Started: Oct 7 2009, 11:48 PM (1,522 Views) Prankster Oct 7 2009, 11:48 PM Post #1 Posts: 38 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Jul 26, 2009 Posted Image Post your entries here, whether finished or otherwise!Here's the first few pages of ...

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Archie as a New God

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:00:21 +0000

Adam Prosser, who draws the webcomic Phantasmic Tales , has posted his 24-hour comic , The Archon, which mashes up Archie with the New Gods. The cast includes Jugulus, Mystica, and Big Battala. (I think I would have blended Veronica with Big Barda, not Betty, but maybe that’s too ...

Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering ... found this 20 hours ago on comicsworthreading.com

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Solipsist Films Catches FULL MOON FEVER

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:58:01 +0000

Solipsist Films adapting Joe Casey's ' Full Moon Fever '. Plus: Rockwell bites into ' Iron Man 2 '. Duke shows his Authority over ' Kick-Ass '. Schwartzman girds for battle with ' Scott Pilgrim ' and more! The hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent...

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NBM in January: Little Nothings 3

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:49:05 +0000

Being solicited in comics stores now for shipping in January: Lewis Trondheim’s next Little Nothings! LITTLE NOTHINGS Vol. 3: “Uneasy Happiness” Lewis TRONDHEIM Trondheim’s comics blog’s next collection of his popular musings on the every day ironies of life, his little ...

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News Review - I [heart] comics

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:41:06 +0000

Four ordinary, 30-something guys gather around a dimly lit table at the back of downtown’s Fox & Goose restaurant. Anthony Leano, a key player in the local comic-book scene, taps away on his laptop; he’s compiling a list of names, nearly three decades’ worth of Sacramento comic-book writers, ...

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More Con War skirmishes and Con Love treaties

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:00:14 +0000

(Yes, I'm enjoying the metaphors. Why do you ask?) Full-scale warfare between convention promoters isn't universal, believe it or not -- some are giving peace a chance. In addition to the recent arrangement worked out by Heroes Con and Supercon to avoid a date conflict, Emerald City ComiCon ...

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Theme Sketchbook: Tintin by Dozens of Comics Artists

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:30:00 +0000

Theme sketchbooks? Are great. Rather than going to conventions and getting random drawings of any old thing from your favorite creators, some comics fans make theme sketchbooks, where they ask all the artists to sketch something from the same ... Read more Permalink | Email ...

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Your Daily Dose of FUN: The Moron Bomb!

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:00:14 +0000

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Z LGBT Comic Book Character Superlist

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:02:39 +0000

The Complete Strangers in Paradise: Volume 3 part 5

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November/December 2009

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:25:00 +0000

Morrie Turner and the Kids by Jeff Chang How the first nationally syndicated African American cartoonist rose out of the stew of U.S. comics’ racial fascination and debasement. The Fifth Wedding by Michelle Tea Two outlaw participants in the 2009 Venice Biennale marry feminism, pornography, the ...

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Interview with Peter Blegvad

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:51:00 +0000

Though this interview was conducted by email, Peter Blegvad and I met briefly a few months later in New York, when he participated in a conference on “The Word-Image Problem” at the New School, organized by Ben Katchor to celebrate the work of Swiss cartoon-strip pioneer Rodolphe Töpffer. In a ...

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Chris Ware talks with Jerry Moriarty

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:25:00 +0000

Jerry Moriarty is one of the great geniuses of the comic strip. If you’ve never heard of him, don’t blame yourself; he’s been out of print for almost three decades. Fortunately, however, a new collection of his work, The Complete Jack Survives, has just been published by Buenaventura Press, and ...

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BelieverMag: “COMICS”

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:25:00 +0000

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Interview with Aline Kominsky-Crumb

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:25:00 +0000

Aline Kominsky-Crumb was born in 1948 in New York. She briefly attended SUNY New Paltz before running away to Manhattan’s Lower East Side, subsequently spending one semester at Cooper Union before moving to Tucson, where she earned a BFA in painting from the University of Arizona. At age ...

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The Iowa Comic Book Club/Comic Book I-CON

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:42:43 +0000

Sean “Cheeks” Galloway (Lead Character Designer Spectacular Spider-Man TV show, and Hellboy Animated Series. Artist: Venom Marvel Adventures, Teen Titans Go!. Storyboard artist for: God of War, Disney, Dreamworks, Video Game designs for: Blizzard, EA, Sony, and THQ. Toy Designs for: ...

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Charles Burns: Cartoonist and Illustrator Interview Live in Philadelphia on The Sound of Young America

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:47:35 +0000

Show: The Sound of Young America 59 http://media.libsyn.com/media/tsoya/tsoya091029_charlesburns.mp3 ...

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The Believer 2009 Art Issue!

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:57:51 +0000

We're pleased to announce that the new 2009 Art Issue of The Believer features: An exceptionally spectacular crossover cover by the estimable Charles Burns Paintoonist Jerry Moriarty ( The Complete Jack Survives ) in conversation with cartoonist Chris Ware The debut ...

Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering ... found this 23 hours ago on blogflumer.blogspot.com

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